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Designer Bridal Aprons – Great for Bridesmaid Gifts

We found these very fun Bridal Aprons and thought what a different gift idea! The Give Me Sugar collection ties around the waist with a billowing silky sash and comes adorned with jewel-toned bells or rhinestone balls and festive rickrack.

From the Haute Hostess Apron Bridal Collection, the chic Wedding White, SARAH, is the perfect Shower Gift for the Bride! It also makes a Delicious Bridesmaids Luncheon Gift – tie them on the back of the chairs! Haute Hostess Aprons are the Absolute Hit of the Bachelorette Party Princess Scene! Wear them with a tiara! (Or here’s a thought to make the groom a happy guy – add stockings and stiletto heels to the apron and maybe a bustier, but don’t loose the tiara and a fun time will be had by all!).

Find them at Stanley Korshak in Dallas and several other states. They also have online resources.

The Bachelorette Bash

Why should guys be the only ones entitled to a night of pre-wedding bonding? Here are some beyond-the-male-stripper ideas for your bachelorette blast.

• Passion Party
  Invite a saleswoman to present items for your love life at your house. Bond with your friends while you learn about and pass around all sorts of unmentionables (such as lingerie, body lotions, massage oils, and chocolate body paint, for starters). Search for Passion Parties in your area and see what comes up.

• Ultimate Grazing
  On your bachelorette night, tempt your taste buds at a different restaurant for each part of the meal. Cruise from course to course in a limousine or stroll through the neighborhood. Start off at your preferred pub for cocktails, then wander from appetizers to desserts at all your favorite establishments.

• Spa-da!
  How about some serious self-indulgence? Book some spa time, and relax and revel in massages, facials, manicures, and pedicures.  You’ll come out ready for your close-up.

• Boys and Girls Together
  Buck tradition and have the best of both worlds: your friends and fiancé. You and your loved one can go out for dinner separately with your same-gender friends and then join up with the whole gang for drinks and dessert afterward.

• Pillow Talk
  So you’re not a teenager anymore. You can still unroll the sleeping bags and open a bottle of wine. It’s time for girls’ night in. Turn up the music and dig into the junk food, because tonight is the night for your old favorites. Play Truth or Dare, Twister, Scrabble, and Trivial Pursuit.

• Pole Dancing Lessons
  Here’s a fun way to “get your sexy on” … set up a pole dancing lesson or party. Some instructors can even teach you how to give a lap dance or strip tease. These are not strippers! Many who teach are dancers and fitness instructors. Wouldn’t it be fun to surprise your husband on your honeymoon with a special dance! If nothing else, it’s a lot of fun (a whole lot of laughs) and more of a workout than you realize.

Top America Bachelorette Hot Spots

New York, New York…Ah, the mere sound of the city name. The city that doesn’t sleep. The playground for adults. The shopping, dining and arts mecca of America. It is clearly one of the best bachelorette party destinations where you can enjoy the best of the best with your best friends. Start off with breakfast at Isabella’s at Central Park, followed by shopping on 5th Ave., a tour of Metropolitan Museum of Art, dinner in Soho, Mama Mia on Broadway…the options are literally endless. Check out the super stylish Gansevoort Hotel where you need not leave the hotel to enjoy the last precious days as a single woman. Enjoy a spa treatment at the hotel’s G-Spa where you can indulge in pedicures, facials, and massages. For your happy hour, before you and the girls get dolled up to hit the town, enjoy a drink here in the company of your guests. The hydro pools have been morphed to create liquid-illusion dance floors.

What? You want to go the beach? Consider South Beach, Miami, Florida where the days are spent sprawled under the sun on the white beaches of the Atlantic Ocean and the evenings are filled with delectable dining cuisines and dancing beyond the velvet rope at ultra exclusive dance clubs. Enjoy a chilled mojito in a beachfront cabana on a comfy lounge bed at Nikki Beach’s Oceanfront Beach Club where a DJ spins the latest hot dance sounds. Or if you have the itch to shop hit the chic boutiques along Lincoln Road to select your new little party dress that will show off your tan. Many hotels like the Catalina Hotel & Beach Club have enticing “Style the Last Mile” bachelorette packages that are surprisingly affordable. Or consider Delano Miami, the all white modern luxury hotel featuring an unsurpassed Agua Spa and pool suited for those who have pampered relaxation on the mind. 

Who doesn’t love old Southern charm? Charleston, South Carolina is a quaint, but lively city that has a natural charm of its own. You and the girls can relax at your beach house rental at Sullivan’s Island during the weekend and visit Charleston for shopping and dining. Wear your pretty sundress and oversized hat as you take a stroll along King Street where you’ll find art galleries, antiques and modern clothing boutiques. You can even get yourself enrolled into a cooking class at Maverick Southern Kitchens. As the sun sets, unwind at a multitude of wine bars, the Torch Lounge for martinis or hit the Music Farm for live entertainment.

Last but not least is Viva Las Vegas, Nevada, baby. Have your lingerie shower in a limo and get chauffeured all night long. Options are seemingly endless in Las Vegas. From the thrill of the casinos, to infamous las vegas shows, to adapting your own stripper-inspired moves oat StudiOhm. Be sure to visit Pure, LAX, and Tryst, the star studded hottest nightclubs on the strip. To recuperate from your big night out enjoy spa treatments at Spa Bellagio, Vita di Lago at the Ritz, or the spa at Wynn Las Vegas. Or perhaps a little “hair of the dog” is in order.  If so, hit the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Beach Club where music fills the air and the pool with their underwater speakers. One of Travel Channel’s Top 10 pools, this is THE place for a raging pool party, swim up black jack and even a water slide in a beach like oasis. Don’t forget to check out what concerts are playing at The Joint, the Hard Rock’s premier live music venue.

With any of your travel plans we hope you’ll consider contacting our StrictlyWeddings.com travel partner Signature Travel Boutique.